'Mujuru only trained for 3 weeks'

A little known Zanla female freedom fighter Francis Komboni Gondo has claimed that Zimbabwe People First interim leader Joyce Mujuru is a half baked war veteran.

She said Mujuru only received basic training for a mere three weeks.

That was under a fast-track program code named "Chimbi-Chimbi".

According to state run Herald, Gondo further ruled Mujuru out as being part of the first 74 female recruits in 1974.

"This Chimbi-Chimbi was meant to just introduce these comrades to some of the basic war tactics.

"The only female comrades who received proper training are these 72 who trained at Nachingweya. They were trained for four-and-a-half months.

"From then on, most female comrades received short training. Just to know the basics.

"When these female instructors finished training, other female comrades like Joice Mujuru, were later taken to Chifombo, then to Mozambique. Their role was to train other women".

In 2014, another female war veteran Linda Mangwende said Mujuru never downed a helicopter at the height of the liberation struggle as she was nowhere near Murehwa when the incident happened.

She sais Mujuru stole her picture that was taken in 1978 to claim it was her after shooting down a helicopter.